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Fact Service May 2012
Issue 22 (31/05/2012) Disabled workers at a disadvantage; Recession is deeper than thought; Breast cancer link to working night shifts; Private sector pay; Employment law reforms on the way; Women are missing from to jobs
Issue 21 (24/05/2012) Skills 'potholes' need to be filled in economy; Inflation hits two-year low; Map reveals plan for regional pay; Older people take to homeworking; Rich people dominate Tory party funding; More interest rate cuts, quantitative easing?
Issue 20 (17/05/2012) FE colleges splash out on agency staff; Average earnings data paint gloomy picture; Unemployment falls; Survey of safety reps looks for successes; Forced labour shame
Issue 19 (10/05/2012) Local pay in Wales - dim diolch; Queen's Speech; Manufacturing flat; Executive pay up by 11% but changes are on way; Abuses in Olympic supply chain; Academies overpaid; Manufacturing pay settlements
Issue 18 (03/05/2012) Private sector pay settlements at 3%; Performance-related pay for teachers?; Private equity takes over care homes group; Benefit changes; Rich List 2012; Global labour market outlook 'alarming'; Large employers have biggest slice of jobs
Issue 22
Disabled workers at a disadvantage (572 words)
Disabled people continue to be put at a disadvantage in the workplace, and they are not realising their full potential as they are not getting the ...
Subscribers only
Recession is deeper than thought (224 words)
It was known that the country had hit a double- dip recession, but the economy shrank more than initially thought, according to revised data from ...
Open access
Breast cancer link to working night shifts (325 words)
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has commissioned research into the potential link between working night shifts and a greater incidence of ... Subscribers only
Private sector pay (315 words)
Settlements from Payline, the Labour Research Department’s database of collective agreements, show a midpoint (median) rise of 3.0% in the ... Subscribers only
Employment law reforms on the way (363 words)
The much trailed dispute resolution and tribunal reforms have started their way onto the statute book as the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill ... Subscribers only
Women are missing from top jobs (480 words)
The “male-dominated corporate elite” occupying the boardrooms of the UK’s biggest companies is deterring the appointment of ... Subscribers only
Issue 21
Skills ‘potholes’ need to be filled in economy (246 words)
Parts of the UK economy have developed skills “potholes”, with deep and persistent skills gaps damaging business performance in key ... Open access
Inflation falls to two-year low (480 words)
Inflation fell on both main measures in April, according to the Office for National Statistics. ... Subscribers only
Map reveals plans for regional pay (313 words)
A regional pay map for civil servants has been leaked to The Observer newspaper. ... Subscribers only
Older people take to homeworking (375 words)
Around one in five workers aged over 55 regularly works from home, according to a TUC analysis of official figures to mark National Work From Home ... Subscribers only
Attacks on employment rights set out by Tory (296 words)
Last year, David Cameron asked venture capitalist and Tory donor Adrian Beecroft, to write a report outlining his suggested changes to employment ... Subscribers only
Rich people dominate Tory party funding (313 words)
Nine parties accepted donations in cash totalling £7,964,255 in the first quarter of the year, according to an analysis by the Electoral ... Subscribers only
More interest rate cuts, quantitative easing? (259 words)
The UK’s continuing economic weakness means authorities should consider more quantitative easing (QE) and cutting interest rates to the bone, ... Subscribers only
Issue 20
FE colleges splash out on agency staff (288 words)
Further education colleges spent at least £65 million on agency staff last year, according to new figures released by public services union ... Subscribers only
Average earnings data paint gloomy picture (607 words)
Average earnings growth was almost stagnant in March, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. A poor bonus season appears to ... Subscribers only
Unemployment falls (631 words)
There was some small comfort for the coalition government with a fall in the number of unemployed on both official counts. ... Subscribers only
Survey of safety reps looks for successes (161 words)
The TUC is carrying out its ninth survey of safety reps. It is designed to provide the TUC and individual unions with information about who safety ... Open access
Forced labour shame (433 words)
Some migrants are working under threatening and inhumane conditions for little or no pay in parts of the UK food industry, according to a report by ... Subscribers only
Issue 19
Local pay in Wales — dim diolch (452 words)
Evidence has been published by the Welsh Government which shows that the arguments put forward by the UK government on local pay are flawed and are ... Subscribers only
Queen’s Speech (331 words)
The promised legislation in the Queen's Speech includes a wide-ranging Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. ... Subscribers only
Manufacturing flat (177 words)
Manufacturing seems to be bumping along the bottom, official figures show. ... Open access
Executive pay up 11% but changes are on way (423 words)
The typical pay of bosses at the majority of the UK’s largest public listed companies rose 11% last year to £3.65 million, according to ... Subscribers only
Abuses in Olympic supply chain (486 words)
Workers making Olympic sportswear for London 2012 for top brands and high street names including Adidas and Next are being paid poverty wages, ... Subscribers only
Academies overpaid (274 words)
Schools taking part in the government’s flagship academies programme are being overpaid by more than £120 million this academic year ... Subscribers only
Manufacturing pay settlements (152 words)
The main pay bargaining round for manufacturing has passed with economic realism prevailing and “little or no pay pressures evident”, ... Open access
Issue 18
Private sector pay settlements at 3% (196 words)
Pay settlements are still averaging 3%, according to the Labour Research Department’s database of collective agreements. ... Open access
Performance-related pay for teachers slated? (387 words)
The idea that teachers should receive performance-related pay to reward “those who add the greatest value” has been attacked by ... Subscribers only
Private equity takes over care homes group (203 words)
Unions are worried over private equity getting its hands on the UK’s largest care home ... Open access
Benefit changes (405 words)
Changes to contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) came into effect from 1 May 2012. ... Subscribers only
Rich List 2012 (286 words)
The UK’s richest people have defied the double-dip recession to become even richer over the past year, according to the annual Sunday ... Subscribers only
Global labour market outlook ‘alarming’ (415 words)
The global employment situation is alarming and shows no sign of recovery in the near future, says the International Labour Organisation (ILO). ... Subscribers only
Large employers have biggest slice of jobs (193 words)
The contention that small businesses provide most of the jobs in the UK is not actually born out by the figures, according to Paul Sellers writing ... Open access